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MANUFACTURE OF ORNAMBNTAL NAILS.

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JAMES F. THAYER, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

MA NUFACTURE OF ORNAMENTAL NAILS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,625, dated January 19. 1886.

Application fil'cd October 13, 1885. Serial No. 179,749. (No model.)

To all whom i't may concern."

Be it known that I, JAMES F. THAYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State ot'Rhode Island,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Manufacture of Ornamental Nails; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to the manufacture of ornamental nails having the fronts thereof made of sole/leather or other suitable material which is somewhat elastic and compressible; and it consists, essentially, in the novel method of inserting and securing the elongated head of a metallic nail within the sole-leather or other material forming the cap, all as will be more fully hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figures 1 and 2 represent perspective views of a nail and button, respectively, as made according to my present improved method. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a nail as out from sheet-metal stock without swaging to produce the head. Fig. 4. represents front and side views of the same. Fig. 5 is an inverted plan view of the front or cap having the elongated or rectangular-shaped head of the metallic nail inserted within a correspondinglyshaped recess formed in the underside thereof. Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view of the same, taken on line w 00. Fig. 7 is a similar sectional view taken on line 10 w of said Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is an inverted plan view showing the metallic nail turned on its axis about ninety degrees relatively to the opening formed in the said cap, the projecting portions of the nail-head being concealed and retained in positionby means ofthe solid stock overlapping said head. Fig. 9 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 0 o of the preceding figure. Fig. 9%: is an inverted plan view of the capped nail shown in Fig. 1, the recess or pocket formed therein to receive and retain the nail-head being closed by suitable means, thereby firmly securing both parts in position. Fig. 10 is a detached view of a metallic shank or eye adapted to be inserted and secured in a compressible front or cap, substantially as indicited in the several preceding figures; and Fig. ll represents views of a metallic nail having its elongated head beveled for adapting it (the head) to be more readily inserted and turned on its axis within the cap.

The following is a detailed description of the improved method employed in capping metallic nails with sole-leather orother suitable material. v

A, again referring to the drawings, designates the finished nail, the same comprising the head or front a, or other suitable compressible material; and the metallic nail B, the latter consisting of the shank portion b. and the elongated head b. As indicated in nearly all the views, said nail may be cut from sheet stock without subsequent swaging to produce the head.

B designates a similar-shaped nail, except that its head I) is beveled underneath on opposite sides, to produce the sharpened edges 0 c, as fully shown in Fig. 11.

In lieu of the said nailsB B, I make use of the loop-shaped shank B, Fig. 10, having the eye b and head 0 the latter being shaped substantially as shown in the other figures. This shank is particularly adapted to be combined with the front to produce a shoe-button, as represented at A in Fig. 2.

The operation of securing the before-described shanks within the fronts ais practically as follows: The latter is first placed in a suitablyformed holding-die, after which the elongated head portion 6 or I) of the metallic nail or eye, as the case may be,is forcedinto the under side of said front by suitable means,thns producing the elongated pocket a, Figs. 5 and 6, the head then being about half-Way through the front, as shown. \Vhile in this position I twist or turn the nail around on its axis about ninety degrees, thus causing the head thereof to stand at right angles to its former position, the stock composing the front at the same time yielding sufficiently for the purpose, and formingiuternal segment-shaped cavities a therein, as shown in Fig. 8, the projecting portions of the under side of the nail-head being covered with the solid stock a as also shown in Figs. 8 and 9. The front a is now finally compressed the purpose 'of' made of sole-leather, pulp,

around the nail-head, which operation closes the opening a, the under side of the finished nail then being as represented in Fig. 9%.

In comparatively dry and fine grained stock the opening a may be advantageously formed beforehand in the front for the reception of the elongated uail-head,instead of forcing the latter therein, as previously stated.

By means of the beveled edges 0 of the head 1) (represented in Fig. 11) the nail is adapted to cut the stock and force its Way around therein more readily than when the other form of head is used.

It is obvious that the front a may be turned ninety degrees on its axis by suitable means, the nail being held stationary meanwhilaand thus produce the same result as ifthe nail itself be turned and the front held stationary.

I do not claim, broadly, a nail produced by swaging or compressing thestock, forming the front thereof around the head of a metallic nail or looped shank, and completely embedding it (the head) therein, as the same is well known and common; but inserting an elongated nail-head into the under side of the front and then turning it on its axis about ninety degrees into the solid stock ofthe front for the purpose ofstrengthening and stiffening the nail in its position I believe to be both new and useful.

Therefore what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. The hercinbefore described improvement in capping the elongated heads of nails with sole-leather or other suitable material, which consists in inserting said head into the under side ofthe cap or front,then turning it on its axis by suitable means, about ninety degrees, and finally closing or compressing the stock around the head, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The improved method of capping with sole-leather or other suitable material the hereinbefore described and shown elongated metallic heads, provided with depending shanks, said method consisting in pressing or inserting the head into and about half-way tb rough the said cap or front, then turning the shank on its axis ninety degrees, or nearly onefourth of a revolution, within the cap, so asto stand at right angles to its former or entering position, and finally closing the cap around the head, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

JAMES TH AYER.

Witnesses:

GEO. H. REMINGTON, CHARLES HANNIGAN. 

